[2] The jest is thus told in some parts of Scotland: An old gentleman,
walking in the country, met three small boys on their way home from
school, and asked them how they progressed in their learning. The
youngest--referring, of course, to the _Shorter Catechism_--replied
that he was "in a state of sin and misery;" the second, that he was past
"redemption;" and the eldest, that he was "in the pains of hell for
ever."
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Abdera, Man of, 6.
Alewife and her Hens, 73.
Alfonsus, Peter, 45.
Arab and his Cow, 70.
Arab Schoolmaster, 83.
Arabian Idiot, 133.
_Arabian Nights_, 81, 83, 133, 146.
Arabian Noodles, 70,75,107, 147.
Armstrong's, Archie, _Banquet of Jests_, 74.
Ashton, John, xiv.
Ass and the Two Sharpers, 81.
Austwick, Carles of, 17,53,54.
_Avadanas_, 53.
Babrius, 53.
Bakki, Brothers of, 32, 64.
Bang-eater and his Wife, 147.
Bang-eaters and the Dogs, 109.
Barrett, F.T., 9.
_Barrin' o' the Door_, 107.
Belmont, Fools of, 55.
_Beryn, Tale of_, 40.
Beschi, Father, 29.
_Bharataka Dwatrinsati_, 158.
_Bizarrures of the Sieur Gaulard_, 8, 12, 20, 76.
Bidpai's Fables, 53.
Birth-Stories--_see_ Jatakas.
Boccaccio's _Decameron_, 39.
"Boiling" River, 30, 43.
Bond, The Lord's, 17.
Borde, Andrew, 23.
Brahmans, Four Simple, 171.
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